Our Venture Nothing succeeds like success. Our venture of last week appears to have caught on, and it is a cause of gratification to &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; us that the 'Pioneer' (the first issue of which was made last Saturday) has &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; succeded in gaining the measure of success which &amp;nbsp; it has done. Embolden by this circumstance, the Editor proceeds to the task &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; of preparing this issue, with none of the trepidity &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; he experienced before the &amp;nbsp; first issue had stood its &amp;nbsp; trial before the stern censor of public opinion. Not that his modesty has &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; entirely vanished, for let this assurance be taken the he still retains a moiety befitting his office, and which is peculiar to all of his class. In preparing &amp;nbsp; last Saturdays issue man...

An Ex-Champion Speaks Two residents having made a wager concerning the matter referred it in the following letter they decided is William Beach the ex-champion oarsman in order to &amp;nbsp; decide the question. Dapto N.S.W. April 4 In answer to your en- quiries. — The Nepean &amp;nbsp; course on which myself, and Hanlan rowed was 3 miles and ¼ long. I was not so much distressed at the finish &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; as many people thought. Hanlan vomited very much, and could hardly sit in his boat to shake hands with me. When &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; I got out of my boat, I was carried to my quarters by an excited crowd, and this led some people to think I was fatiqued. If the race had been rowed from Penrith to Sydney Han- lan would have been behind all the way Signed William Beach If there is any doubt as to the ease with which Beach defeated the Canadian this &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; should dispel it. Beach, the undefeated, is...